Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
CHP investigates imported case of Japanese encephalitis
• Consult a doctor at least six weeks before travelling to JE endemic areas, and have extra preventive measures to avoid mosquito bites;
• Travellers planning to stay in JE endemic areas, particularly in rural areas, for one month or longer, or those planning to have significant extensive outdoor or night-time exposure in rural areas during the transmission season of the disease, may consult their family doctor and consider receiving JE vaccination;
• During travel in JE endemic rural areas, bring a portable bed net and apply permethrin (an insecticide) on it. Permethrin should not be applied directly to the skin. Seek medical attention promptly if feeling unwell; and
• Travellers feeling unwell, such as having a fever, should seek medical advice promptly, and provide travel details to the doctor.
The public may visit the CHP’s JE pageIssued at HKT 21:38
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